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Daleks? Oh, they’re based on salt and pepper pots. WRONG! What idiot told you that?! They’re actually based on chimneys. Don’t look at me like that. Okay, so there’s a sort of truth behind the salt and pepper thing – but only in that designer, Raymond Cusick, pushed a shaker around a table once to…

Once in a while, Big Finish produces a new Doctor Who audio that is designed as a good entry point to their vast ranges. Given that they produce adventures featuring five different Doctors, this should come as no surprise. These occurrences aren’t exactly rare, but they do provide casual or aspiring listeners an opportunity to…

Wherever the Doctor goes, you can guarantee that the Daleks will eventually show up. It’s true of any era of the series, even the 1996 TV movie. And since filming commenced on the Mark Gatiss Doctor Who drama, An Adventure in Space and Time, those Daleks have once again shown up! As An Adventure in…

Dalek designer Raymond Cusick’s impact upon Doctor Who and popular culture cannot be understated. Coming from a place of logic and elegant economy; his story is the story of Doctor Who – of talented self-depreciating in house producers asked to craft far away worlds of limitless potential with the most meagre and humble of resources;…

The visionary that was Raymond P. Cusick has died, aged 84. The man to whom the BBC paid a nominal sum for his design of Terry Nation’s malevolent Daleks back in 1963 was died of heart failure in his sleep on Thursday, announced his daughter Claire Heawood. Shared with the word last night on Twitter…

BBC Books’ range of New Adventures Doctor Who books returns to shelves in April – and look set to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary with style! It’s only fitting, of course, that the Doctor faces some of his most iconic enemies. And it doesn’t get more iconic than… The Dalek Generation sees Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor…

Yes, it is finally here – the very first version of Kasterborous Magazine, in which we interview the stars of Doctor Who, chat with writers, visit events related to the show while explaining how to express your love of the show through crafting and building. Our sampler issue is now available to download in PDF…